首页英语词典heightenheighten英英释意

heighten

英['haɪt(ə)n] 美['haɪtn]
  • vt. 提高;增高;加强;使更显著
  • vi. 升高;变强

英英释意


1. become more extreme;
"The tension heightened"
2. make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity;
"heightened interest"
3. increase;
"This will enhance your enjoyment"
"heighten the tension"
4. increase the height of;
"The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"
5. make (one's senses) more acute;
"This drug will sharpen your vision"
6. make more intense, stronger, or more marked;
"The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"
"Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness"
"This event only deepened my convictions"